Judge, 1902-07-05 · page 5 of 20
Judge — July 5, 1902 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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This page satirizes the 1902 British coronation of King Edward VII through the eyes of Irish and working-class immigrants to America. The humor relies on ethnic stereotypes (Irish dialect, drunkenness) commenting on British pageantry they find absurd or irrelevant. Key jokes include: Irish characters mocking the coronation's grandeur; a reference to Carrie Nation (American prohibition activist); tramps boasting of receiving the "Order of the Bath" (a real British honor, played as a pun); and a final gag about Irish-American political boss Dick Croker, suggesting even absolute monarchies can't resist American political corruption. The satire targets both British imperial pretension and immigrant outsider perspectives, using working-class voices to deflate the coronation's importance. The drawings credit "Albert Levering" as artist.
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